Professional Development for Educators of English Learners (ELs)

APLD is Arizona's Professional Learning and Development Application

Link to Support Webpage: /APLD

For event and training registration, you can use the individual links, included below, which will add the session to your “shopping cart” and lead you to check out. If you’d like to add more than one session in a single registration, you can use the “Category” drop-down to narrow all courses to those offered by the “Office of English Language Acquisition Services.” 

To view all OELAS PD offerings, log into your APLD application (within your ADEConnect account) and use the “Category” drop-down to narrow all courses to those offered by the “Office of English Language Acquisition Services.” 

Video: Overview of the English Language Proficiency Standards and Reading Foundational Skills for the Elementary Level (Kindergarten - 5^th Grade)

Video: Overview of the English Language Proficiency Standards for the Secondary Level (6^th Grade-12^th Grade)

Overview of the ELPS Guidance Document

Overview of the Reading Foundational Standards & Skills 

Coding and Documenting 

Vertical Articulation of the ELPS (intended for multi-grade teachers of ELs and instructional leaders)

Video: Fundamentals of Targeted ELD Instruction (webinar recording from 2.26.25)

Video: Fundamentals of Integrated Instruction for ELs (webinar recording from 3.19.25)

Resources for SEI Model Implementation 

Video: Two-Hour SEI Model Foundations (webinar recording from 4.30.25)

Video: Pull-Out SEI Model Foundations (webinar recording from 5.14.25)